Approaching her 70th birthday, local musician Nancy Nash is retiring after more than four decades of teaching private lessons. She has been teaching in Haines since her early 20s, when she and her husband first moved to town from Skagway when “Haines seemed like a metropolis,” Nash said. For Nash, teaching was not an obvious […]
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Women’s choir rallies for ferries
Eight members of the Haines A Cappella Women’s Choir donned sailors’ caps and belted out “Ferryboat Serenade” Tuesday, welcoming the new Tazlina ferry to Haines for the first time. For some of the choristers, the performance was a demonstration. But for all it was a show of support for the ferry system. Haines Borough Mayor Jan Hill and […]
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Scammer posing as Mayor Hill steals from residents
It starts with a generic question. A one-liner email appears in your inbox from what appears to be Haines Borough Mayor Jan Hill. “Are you available?” The recipient responds. It escalates. “The Mayor says, ‘I’m in a bind. I’m stuck in Juneau and I lost my wallet, can you do me the favor of going and getting gift cards and […]
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Our mayor was in the right
I was disgusted but not surprised by the attacks by liberal members of the Borough Assembly against Mayor Jan Hill. She owes no one an apology or explanation as to her comments regarding INSANE Tier 3 designation of the Chilkat River. Jan was born and raised here. She knows better than most the importance of a balanced economy. […]
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State considers status of wildlife Trooper position
State wildlife trooper Trent Chwialkowski will leave Haines before summer for a post in Cantwell, Alaska. “No decision or change has been made in regards to the Haines Alaska Wildlife Trooper post,” said Department of Public Safety spokesperson Megan Peters. “At present, all one-man trooper posts are being analyzed.” A “blue shirt” trooper position in […]
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Students reflect on Elizabeth Peratrovich’s legacy
Haines students from kindergarten to 12th grade described Tlingit civil rights leader Elizabeth Peratrovich as “important,” “awesome” and “the female version of Martin Luther King Jr.” “She’s the one that made everybody be together,” said kindergartener Kayci Ferrin. On Friday, the Haines Borough School hosted an assembly to celebrate Elizabeth Peratrovich Day, 74 years after Alaska’s Anti-Discrimination […]
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Amazon collecting borough sales tax
Observant Haines shoppers have seen a 5.5 percent price increase to certain Amazon purchases after the company started charging borough sales tax on products beginning Jan. 1, 2019. Borough finance director Jila Stuart told the CVN this week that some residents have called the borough recently, complaining that they were being taxed on some of […]
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Assembly approves Alaska Excursions ATV permit
In a 4-1 vote, the Haines Borough Assembly approved the renewal of Alaska Excursions’ Glacier Point ATV permit that prompted questions about how far the assembly should reach as it regulates tour operators. The tour company’s permit was approved with conditions that it reduce its capacity, make its safety plan public, provide a human waste disposal plan […]
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Assembly approves $30,000 design for chamber in library
In its final public hearing, Mayor Jan Hill broke a tie vote during Tuesday’s assembly meeting in favor of spending $30,000 for a design that would incorporate the assembly chambers into the library expansion plan. The decision to spend the money has divided the assembly since October when the proposal was introduced and recommended by borough manager Debra Schnabel. […]
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2018 required residents to face difficult truths
The surfacing of what many residents described as a decades-long open secret shook the town this year: allegations from multiple men of sexual abuse by former school official Karl Ward. Craig Loomis, the first man to speak publicly, was contacted by several others who had similar experiences after he implored those affected to reach out […]